CopWatchGR is the first monitoring network of police violence/arbitrary action in Greece and it has been operating since November 2020.
CopWatchGR was founded during the time of very strict health measures in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was created to meet the necessity for recording and collecting the increasing incidents of police violence/arbitrary action by the greek police in one web portal.
The end of the pandemic however did not diminish at all the need for such a monitoring network. During the three years of our operation hundreds of incidents of racial violence, gender violence, repression of social movements and police corruption have been recorded.
CopWatchGR creates and proposes tools for citizen self defense and for delegitimizing such actions by the Greek Police force. These include:
Recording/archiving and collective memory
Use of video as prevention and evidence tool
Education on legal rights when facing the police
An important goal of ours is also the networking and collaboration with organizations and institutions with similar aims and values in Greece and abroad.
THE MAP
The map aims to record and categorize incidents of police
violence/arbitrary action in Greece.
It is based on our own data base as this has been established
from November 2020 to today.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
Legal rights guide
There's a war going on outside.
Γίνεται πόλεμος εκει έξω. Et dehors, une guerre est en cours.
Νίκος Σαμπάνης, Chris Kaba, Ibrahima Bah.
Athens, Paris, London.
Three metropoles
Three racist killings by police officers.
The Nikos Sabanis case
The Ibrahima Bah case
The Chris Kaba case
Nikos Sabanis, 18 years old, was killed by the Greek police on October 22, 2021 in Perama, in West Athens. Officers of the DIAS motorized unit pursued the stolen car, in which Nikos was a passenger, against clear orders from police headquarters no to engage in a car chase. After the vehicle was immobilized, the policemen fired 38 bullets. In the audio recordings of the chase, which have been released immediately after the killing, racist/romaphobic language was used by the policemen.
Ibrahima Bah, 19 years old, died during a traffic control in Villiers-le-Bel (95) in northern Paris. Eyewitnesses report that the police vehicle tried to ram the motorbike Ibrahima was riding. He was forced to make a dangerous manoeuvre, which resulted in him crashing into an adjacent pole and losing his life. A nearby camera seems to have captured the entire incident, however, till date the video has not been released to the public.
Chris Kaba, 24 years old, was killed on 5 September 2022 after being shot with a single shot in the head by a police officer in Streatham Hill, south London. The car, driven by Chris, had been flagged by an automatic number plate recognition camera as a vehicle linked to a firearms incident in the previous days. No firearms were found in the vehicle or at the scene, apart from those of the police.
SUPPORT US
During the first three years of operation we concentrated in the collection, recording and reproduction of news regarding police violence and arbitrary action.
In this first phase we connected with communities and people affected from police violence and institutional racism. At the same time we interacted actively with our followers in social media.
During our second phase of operation we would like to continue the recording of incidents, without limiting ourselves to their mere reproduction. We want to devote more time to research, processing and production of our own content in this area. This may include journalistic investigations, data analysis, production of documentaries, educational workshops and material, printed publications etc.
We kindly ask you to support our work so that we can secure our operational expenses and the salaries of all those who will work to materialize our ideas and our vision.
We commit to
- preserve our independence from state and private interests
continue to interact with the communities that suffer from police violence
You can support us by either undertaking a monthly subscription or with a one time contribution.
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The CopWatchGR network is the first observatory of police violence/arbitrary action in Greece and it has been operating since November 2020.
It was created during the time of very strict health measures in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in order to meet the necessity for recording and collecting in a website the increasing incidents of police violence and/or arbitrary action by the police.
CopWatchGR creates and proposes instruments for citizen self defense and for delegitimizing such actions by the Greek Police force. These include:
Recording/archiving and committing to memory
Use of video recordings as instruments of prevention and testimony
Training regarding our legal rights vis-a-vis police actions
An important goal is also the networking and collaboration in Greece and abroad with organizations and institutions with similar aims and values.
The map aims to record, categorize and publicize incidents of police
violence/arbitrary action
in Greece.
It is based on our own data base as this has been established from November 2020 to today.
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There is a war goiing on outeside
Γίνεται πόλεμος εκει έξω.
Et dehors, une guerre est en cours.
Nikos Sabanis, Chris Kaba, Ibrahima Bah.
Athens, London , Paris.
Three metropoles.
Three racist killing by police officers.
The Nikos Sabanis case
Nikos Sabanis, 18 years old, was killed by the Greek police on October 22, 2021 in Perama, in West Athens. Officers of the DIAS motorized unit pursued the stolen car, in which Nikos was a passenger, against clear orders from police headquarters no to engage in a car chase. After the vehicle was immobilized, the policemen fired 38 bullets. In the audio recordings of the chase, which have been released immediately after the killing, racist/romaphobic language was used by the policemen.
The Ibrahima Bah case
Ibrahima Bah, 19 years old, died during a traffic control in Villiers-le-Bel (95) in northern Paris. Eyewitnesses report that the police vehicle tried to ram the motorbike Ibrahima was riding. He was forced to make a dangerous manoeuvre, which resulted in him crashing into an adjacent pole and losing his life. A nearby camera seems to have captured the entire incident, however, till date the video has not been released to the public.
The Chris Kaba case
Chris Kaba, 24 years old, was killed on 5 September 2022 after being shot with a single shot in the head by a police officer in Streatham Hill, south London. The car,driven by Chris, had been flagged by an automatic number plate recognition camera as a vehicle linked to a firearms incident in the previous days. No firearms were found in the vehicle or at the scene, apart from those of the police.
SUPPORT US
During the first three years of the operation of the CopWatchGR network we concentrated in the collection, recording and reproduction of news regarding police violence and arbitrary action.
In this first phase we connected with communities affected from police violence and institutional racism. At the same time we interacted vigorously with our public in social media.
During our second phase of operation we would like to continue the recording of incidents, without limiting ourselves to their mere reproduction. We want to devote more time to research, processing and production of our own content in this area. This may include journalistic investigations, collection of statistics, production of documentaries, training laboratories, printed publications etc.
We would like to ask you to support our work so that we can secure our operational expenses and the salaries of all those who will work to materialize our ideas and our vision.
We promise that
our content and our events will be free of charge and freely available
we will preserve our independence from state and private interests
we will continue to interact with the communities that suffer police violence
You can support us either undertaking a monthly subscription or with a one time contribution.
To make a donation with PayPal scan the QR code or click the button.
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The CopWatchGR network is the first observatory of police violence/arbitrary action in Greece and it has been operating since November 2020.
It was created during the time of very strict health measures in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic in order to meet the necessity for recording and collecting in a website the increasing incidents of police violence and/or arbitrary action by the police.
The end of the pandemic however did not diminish at all the need for such an observatory. During the three years of its existence hundreds of events of racial violence, gender violence, repression of social movements and police corruption have been recorded.
CopWatchGR creates and proposes instruments for citizen self defense and for delegitimizing such actions by the Greek Police force. These include:
Recording/archiving and committing to memory
Use of video recordings as instruments of prevention and testimony
Training regarding our legal rights vis-a-vis police actions
An important goal is also the networking and collaboration in Greece and abroad with organizations and institutions with similar aims and values.
THE MAP
The map aims to record, categorize and publicize incidents of police violence/arbitrary action in Greece.
It is based on our own data base as this has been established from November 2020 to today.
Legal right guide
There is a war going on outside.
Γινεται πόλεμος εκεί έξω. Et dehors, une guerre est en cours.
Νίκος Σαμπάνης, Chris Kaba, Ibrahima Bah.
Athens, London, Paris
Three metropoles.
Three racist killing by police officers.
The Nikos Sabanis case
Nikos Sabanis, 18 years old, was killed by the Greek police on October 22, 2021 in Perama, in West Athens. Officers of the DIAS motorized unit pursued the stolen car, in which Nikos was a passenger, against clear orders from police headquarters no to engage in a car chase. After the vehicle was immobilized, the policemen fired 38 bullets. In the audio recordings of the chase, which have been released immediately after the killing, racist/romaphobic language was used by the policemen.
The Ibrahima Bah case
Ibrahima Bah, 19 years old, died during a traffic control in Villiers-le-Bel (95) in northern Paris. Eyewitnesses report that the police vehicle tried to ram the motorbike Ibrahima was riding. He was forced to make a dangerous manoeuvre, which resulted in him crashing into an adjacent pole and losing his life. A nearby camera seems to have captured the entire incident, however, till date the video has not been released to the public.
The Chris Kaba case
Chris Kaba, 24 years old, was killed on 5 September 2022 after being shot with a single shot in the head by a police officer in Streatham Hill, south London. The car,driven by Chris, had been flagged by an automatic number plate recognition camera as a vehicle linked to a firearms incident in the previous days. No firearms were found in the vehicle or at the scene, apart from those of the police.
SUPPORT US
During the first three years of the operation of the CopWatchGR network we concentrated in the collection, recording and reproduction of news regarding police violence and arbitrary action.
In this first phase we connected with communities affected from police violence and institutional racism. At the same time we interacted vigorously with our public in social media.
During our second phase of operation we would like to continue the recording of incidents, without limiting ourselves to their mere reproduction. We want to devote more time to research, processing and production of our own content in this area. This may include journalistic investigations, collection of statistics, production of documentaries, training laboratories, printed publications etc.
We would like to ask you to support our work so that we can secure our operational expenses and the salaries of all those who will work to materialize our ideas and our vision.
We promise that
our content and our events will be free of charge and freely available
we will preserve our independence from state and private interests
we will continue to interact with the communities that suffer police violence
You can support us either undertaking a monthly subscription or with a one time contribution.
